Laurentian Air Services Personnel List – Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

When my first book, For the Love of Flying: The Story of Laurentian Air Services, came out in 2009, I created a small do-it-yourself website to host additional ‘living’ information. Recently, I let that domain name lapse, so I am moving the photos and stories and data – like the below – over to this site so that it will still be available to the amazing folks who worked at Laurentian and Air Schefferville, as well as other researchers. Feel free to contact me if you’d like to update anything in this table.

Last Name	First Name	Role at Laurentian	Dates with the company	Additional information
Adam	Lynus	Fire patrol observer
Allard	Steve	Pilot with Air Schefferville	1983-4	Air Canada captain
Amy	John	Pilot
Argue	Doug	Pilot and base manager for Labrador City	1967-8
Armstrong	Lyn	Pilot	1967-8
Arpin	Pierre (Peter/Pete)	Chief pilot		ex-director General for civil aviation with Transport Canada
Arsenault	A.	Maintenance/engineer in Ottawa	1968
Barkey	Eric	Pilot-engineer	1967-9
Battista	Bernard	Pilot
Bennett	Ted	Base Manager at Schefferville and Pilot	1950s-1972
Beach	Ken	Pilot
Best	Lester (Les)	Pilot at Schefferville	1950s
Beveridge	George	Chief Engineer	1936-1970s
Bogie	Craig	Summer work	1970s-1980s
Bogie	Iain	Chief engineer and Operations Manager in Schefferville and President of Air Schefferville	1979-1998
Bogie	John	Pilot, VP, President, and Chairman	1947-1998
Bonnam	Gordon (Gordie)	Engine Shop	1970s
Bovell	Les	Pilot (“Cessna 340 and cojoed on the DC 3 with Ken Dempster to Calgary and also to Schefferville many times. The 340 was used on charters. I flew Bob Andras the minister of manpower and Immigration to Sarnia and Sudbury April 26, 1974 on one of the flights.”	January to July 1974.	Has been retired for 13 yearsfrom Air Canada off of the B- 767.
Brick	Bob	Pilot
Brickenden	Stu	Pilot
Brown	Buster (Bus)	Pilot	1940s
Browning	Monty	Delay River Outfitters	1980s
Burford	Glenn	Dock-hand, dispatcher and office clerk at Wabush Lake base in Labrador City	Summer 1971
Burke	Bob	Pilot	early 1960s
Burke	Fred	Maintenance/air engineer	late 1960s
Burns	Bob	Radio dispatcher, sales, chief pilot of IFR	1970-2	Passed away in 2017.
Byl	Ben	Pilot	1960s
Campbell	Geoff	Maintenance apprentice	1980s
Chamberlain	Barry	Pilot	1960s
Chapman	Earl
Chapman	Stu (Stewart)	Pilot and manger for Labrador City
Charleson	Jack	Pilot	1938-1940
Charlebois	Gilles	Pilot	1970s-1980s
Charron	Vince	Pilot for Air Schefferville	late 1980s	Retired from Air Canada Jazz – DHC-8 Captain from 1989-2004
Childerhose	Bob	Pilot	1990-1
Chisholm	Mark	Chief engineer for Alliance Aviation	1970s
Clark	Dave	Pilot	1970s
Classon	Harry	Maintenance/engineer	1970s
Clement	Michel	Pilot		Pilot in Thailand
Clifford	Ernie	Dockhand		International DHC-6 pilot
Cloutier	Pierre	Pilot		Pilot with Transport Canada
Cole	Tim	Chief pilot	1960s-1974
Costello	Denis	Dockhand and Pilot	1971-1976	Pilot with Air Jazz
Costello	Kevin	Pilot with Air Laurentian
Cote	Claude
Coupland	Dr. Doug	Pilot based out of Labrador	1953-4
Crichton	John			CEO of NavCan
Curtis	Mark	Pilot for Air Laurentian	1993-1995	Now in Florida
David	Eric	Pilot in Schefferville	1982-4	Pilot
Davis	Philip
Deisher	Walter	Co-founder of company	1936-7
Dempster	Ken	Pilot on DC-3s	1970s
Denis	Mike	Maintenance and pilot	1970s-1980s
Dennis	William (Bill)	Supervisor in engine shop in Ottawa	1968
Desrosiers	Dick	Pilot in Schefferville	late 1960s
Doyle	Paddy	Pilot		Chief pilot with First Air
Dumont	Monty	Chief pilot for DC-3s	1970s
Dunham	Don	Pilot
Dupuis	Jacques	Pilot	1974-8
Emmans	John	Pilot	1970s	Went to fly for Ontario Northern Airways after LAS and now operates a cable tv and internet service in northern Ontario.
Este	Brent	Pilot-AME
Ethier	Gilles	Pilot
Fahlgren	Douglas	Pilot	1950s
Favilla	Chris	Pilot-mechanic with Air Laurentian and Air Schefferville
Fisher	Bryce	Pilot		Transport Canada
Fletcher	Dave	Pilot	1980s
Foulkrod	Bob	U.S. Marketing manager for Delay River Outfitters	1980s
Fleming	Jack	Pilot	1948, 1955
Fournier	Dan	Pilot	1973-77	Captain for Air Jazz
Gagnon	Roger	AME in Ottawa, pilot in Schefferville	1968-1970s	Retired in Montreal
Gardiner	Paddy	Did freelance technical drawings for LAS	late 1960s	Living in Kuujjuuaq, QC where he continues to draw and write
Garel	Alain	Pilot
Gaumont	Sylvain	Pilot		Pilot with Air Transat
Gendron	Peter	Pilot	1968-1973
Gill	John	Pilot	1950s-1990s
Girard	Jean
Gomeau	Sylvain	Pilot	1970s	Now a captain for Air Transat
Goodwin	Lou (Peter)	Pilot	1960s-1970s
Gorman	Joseph (Joe)	Director of LAS	1970s
Greenberg	Fred	Accountant	1980s
Gregoire	Alphonse	Pilot in Schefferville	late 1960s
Guay	Roger	Engineer in Ottawa	1960s-1970s
Hamilton	John	Pilot – flew fire patrol	1960s-1970s
Hansen	Claude	Engineer	1970s to early-1980s
Harrasma	John	Pilot-engineer		Living in Vancouver
Harris	Jim	Dock hand in Schefferville	1972-78	Captain at Air Canada and grandson of Barnet Maclaren
Harris	Peter	Pilot	1965-68
Hart	Sandy	Summer employee	1969
Henry	Kay	Office
Henstra (nee Anderson)	Donna	Air Laurentian	early 19990s
Hollingsworth	Art	Pilot	1938
Hume	Jack	Ran Laurentian Ungava Outfitters	1970s-1980s
Hume	Martine	Clerical work and operated radio in Schefferville	1970s-1980s
Hume	Wendell	Dispatcher and base manager in Schefferville	1970s-1980s
Irvin	Danny	Pilot for Air Schefferville (and Jim’s son)		Went to B.C. and flew Twin Otters and Turbo Otters
Irvin	Jim (James E.)	Chief pilot and operations manager for LAS and Air Schefferville	1960s-1998	Passed away in early 2000s.
Irvin	Mike	Engineer in Schefferville (and Jim’s son)		Currently works at Canada Aviation Museum
Irvine	Bill	Pilot	1937
Jac (or Jak)	H.	Engineer/maintenance	1968
Jarvis	Wayne	LAS controller in Ottawa	1974-1981 and 1987-1992	Now lives in Syria
Kalus	Mark	AME in Schefferville on the Twin Otter
Kalutta	Ron
Keller	Andy	Pilot in Schefferville	1975-79
Kelly	Paul	Cook in Schefferville
Kenny	Allan	Mechanic at James Bay	1970s	Competitive drag racing. Based in Kingston, ON
Kenny	John	Engine shop	1970s	Currently operates Kenny Aviation in Ottawa, ON
Kerr	Mark	Pilot for Air Laurentian	1990s	Pilot with Air Canada
Kershaw	Jim	Pilot	1971
Kiley	Jack	Pilot	1953-6
Kyle	Ron			Passed away July 13, 2010
Lafontaine	Jean-Yves	Pilot for Air Schefferville	mid-1980s
Lalancette	Lawrence	Flew DC-3s during the winter	1970s
Lalancette	Paul	Flew DC-3s during the winter	1970s
Langil	Mervin	Pilot	early 1970s	Died in a crash in Middle East.
Lapworth	Shaune	Apprentice and Engineer for Air Schefferville	1987-1990
Lebourhis	Gilles	Pilot	1979-1984
Lejeune	Jean-Guy	Base manager at Maniwaki	1960s	Passed away.
Lejeune	Glen	Apprentice mechanic in Schefferville
Logan	J.H.	Maintenance in Ottawa	1968
Lord	Eddy	Pilot	1968-1974	Went on to fly waterbombers for Quebec government. Passed away in 2017.
Lukos	Ed	Engineer apprentice in Schefferville	1980s
Macintosh	Carl	Engineer
Mackenzie	Real	Pilot in Schefferville	1980s	Went on to become chief of the Montagnais Indian Band and work for Indian Affairs
Mackie	Brad	Pilot	early 1970s
Maclaren	A. Barnet	Co-Founder, President, and pilot	1936-1968
Maclaren	Alexander	Director	1936-1938
Maclaren	Gordon	Director	1930s-1950s
Makis	Harry	Managed Laurentian Ungava Outfitters	mid-1970s
Malle	Serge	Pilot in Schefferville	early 1970s
Maraviglia	Fabian	Pilot for Air Schefferville	1990s
Marks	Ken J.	Maintenance coordinator for Alliance Aviation	late 1970s
Martineau	Paul	Pilot in Schefferville	late 1960s
Maxsom	Allen	Summer student
Maxsom	Bellamy
Maxsom	Keith	Engine shop supervisor	1968-1982
Maxsom	Clark	Engine shop	1970s
McAninch	Les	Pilot		Pilot with Air Jazz
McCurdy	Ronald G.
McGee	Ned	Pilot	1979 and 1981-85
McKenzie	Bob	Pilot in Schefferville	1975-1985	Now works for Transport Canada
McIntyre	J.P.	Office manager	c. 1930s
McKintyre	Eddie	Dispatcher in Ottawa	1940s	Passed away
Mead	Ted	AME	1980-1
Mirehouse	George	Pilot
Moore	Keith	Guide	1960s-1980s	Passed away
Moorehead	Bob	Pilot-AME	1971-6
Morel	Pierre-Luc	Guide	1970s
Morneau	Gus	Pilot
Moxin	Jim	Engineer
Nickel	Bill	Pilot-Engineer
Patterson	Pat	Chief pilot in Schefferville	1980s
Patten	Ed	Mechanic in Schefferville	late 1960s	Recently retired from Canada Aviation Museum
Patry	Jerry	Engineer		Ottawa Fire Department
Payne	John	Pilot
Pelnault	Denis	Pilot	1974-1976
Phillips	Reg	Pilot in Schefferville	1961-1964	Went to work for M.J. Boylen and then DOT. Passed away
Pichet	Gilles	Pilot in Schefferville	1970s
Pickering	Douglas	Chief pilot and operations manager	1940-1975	Passed away
Pickering	Bob	Engineer in Schefferville	mid-1970s
Pilon	Jules	Pilot
Poitras	Gerry	Engineer
Poitras	Serina		1996-2000
Powers	Gordon	Worked in camps	late 1960s
Rask	Paul	Pilot
Recoskie	Earl	Pilot-Engineer	1975-81
Recoskie	Reid	Pilot
Rennie	Norm	Pilot	1960s
Ringuet	Francois	Pilot		Captain with Air Transat
Riopel	Pierre	Worked at Maniwaki flying school	1968
Robertson	Doug	Pilot	1968-70
Robertson	Laurie	Pilot	early 1970s	Was killed in Beaver crash in 1975
Roper	Meg	Office
Roper	Vicky	Office	1980s
Roseborough	Jim		1960
Ross	Gary	Hangar worker
Routhier	Don	Operations manager and pilot	1955-58 and 1962-1971	Went to work for Transport Canada as a civil aviation inspector. Passed away
Row	Richard	Engine shop	1970s	Engineer with First Air
Ruel	Pierre	Pilot
Sams	Kim	Pilot		Pilot with Air Jazz
Samuels	Sharnie
Saunders	Paul	Chief pilot	1950s-1968	Passed away
Saunders	Wayne	Worked at Rockliffe and Uplands	Summers of 1975 and 1976
Schafer	Harry	Pilot	1980s	Now a captain with Air Canada
Schock	Peter	Ran Laurentian Ungava Outfitters	early 1970s
Scobie	Bernie	Sales and a pilot	1970s
Scoles	Jim	Pilot for Air Laurentian	1990s
Senneville	Pierre
Smith	George	Pilot	1971
Smith	Harry E.	Maintenance supervisor	1980	Went to work for Personal Plane Services
Smith	Roy A.	Engine shop supervisor	1968
Smith	Steve	Pilot for Air Laurentian	1990s
Sprong	Sandy	Assistant general manager for Alliance Aviation	1973-1980
St. Laurent	Marcel	Pilot	early 1980s
St. Laurent	Richard	Pilot in Schefferville	1980s
St. Onge	Marcel	Pilot	1969	Went on to be a captain for Canada 3000 and a pilot for Air Canada
Stevenson	Mike
Stoodley	Dwight	Pilot for Air Laurentian	1990s
Syrine	Rene	Hamilton base manager
Szwalek	Joe
Taillon	Arthur	Schefferville manager	1988-89
Tamme	Sylvia	Pilot
Tamme	Ingrid	Pilot
Taillefer	Gerry	Sales and Cessna dealer	1960s	Passed away
Tanner	Frank	Director of LAS	1978 and 1989
Therrien	Michel	Pilot	Summer of 1973	Retired pilot for Air Canada. Now in the Phillipines
Thierny	Danny	Pilot	1950s
Thompson	Del	Pilot
Tolley	Alvin	Observer	1970
Tunis	Bob	Engineer
Vaillencourt	Michel	Schefferville base manager	1972 to mid-1970s
Vaisanen	Harry	Maintenance in Ottawa	1968
Vanasse	Daniel	Guide for Delay River Outfitters and pilot	1987-1991	Has been a pilot for Air Transat since 1996
Vanderheid	Martin	Maintenance in Ottawa	1968
Vanoosterhout	Ed	Manager of Hamilton base
Vario	Josie	Worked in Hamilton
Wagner	Claude	Pilot in Maniwaki
Weight	T.	Pilot
White	Paul	Engine Shop
White	Stanley	Apprentice and Air Engineer in Ottawa and Northern Quebec	1951-1958	Went to work for RCMP Air Services for 27 years until he retired.
Whiteduck	Jean-Guy	Chief pilot	1970s
Wilson	Dave	Engineer	1960s
Young	Barbara	Dispatcher

New entries!

“Michel Bouchard: J’ai travaille comme pilote pour Laurentian Air Services durant les annees 1973-1976. 1973 a Maniwaki et 1974-1976 a Lachute comme chef instructeur du Cessna Pilote Center.”

“My father, Gordon Norell, flew with Laurentian out of YYZ in 1973/74.”

“Gerry Taillefer was first a Pilot then sales Manager then General Manager until LAS closed its doors around 1982. He was also VP of BM Aviation in Lachute Qc.”

Leave a Reply